Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Story of the Year: sparrows, Winter…

Wait, what does the calendar even have to do with spring?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, do, have · To what, where: calendar

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1031 «Andersen's Tales, The Story of the Year: sparrows, Winter and the two children of Spring» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 does	nsubj
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 have	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 calendar	det
6	calendar	calendar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
7	even	even	ADV	_	8 have	advmod
8	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	parataxis
9	to	to	PART	_	10 do	mark
10	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 have	xcomp
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 spring	case
12	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 do	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	present		the calendar		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent calendar=Eventuality
3	have	present				tree rules
4	do	to-infinitive			spring	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

Everything, since the calendar is the only thing that tells people when spring begins

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 thing	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Everything	punct
3	since	since	ADP	_	5 calendar	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 calendar	det
5	calendar	calendar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Everything	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 thing	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 thing	det
8	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 thing	amod
9	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 tells	nsubj
11	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 thing	acl:relcl
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 tells	obj
13	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 begins	advmod
14	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 begins	nsubj
15	begins	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 tells	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	is a	present	Everything	the only thing		tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	present	the only thing		people	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent people=Recipient clause=Topic
3	begin	present	spring			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The calendar and spring are closely linked because the printers arrange the months of the year

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 calendar	det
2	calendar	calendar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 linked	nsubj:pass
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 spring	cc
4	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 calendar	conj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 linked	aux:pass
6	closely	closely	ADV	_	7 linked	advmod
7	linked	link	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 arrange	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 printers	det
10	printers	printer	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 arrange	nsubj
11	arrange	arrange	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 linked	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 months	det
13	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 arrange	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 year	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 year	det
16	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 months	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	link	present · passive		the calendar and spring				closely property	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	arrange	present	the printers				month		vn build-26.1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Nothing, nature decides when it starts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 decides	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 nature	punct
3	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nothing	conj
4	decides	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 starts	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 starts	nsubj
7	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 decides	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	present	Nothing						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	start	present	nature						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

It tells the farmers when to sow the seed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tells	nsubj
2	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 farmers	det
4	farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tells	obj
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 sow	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 sow	mark
7	sow	sow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tells	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 seed	det
9	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sow	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	It		the farmers				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent farmer=Recipient clause=Topic
2	sow not said to happen	to-infinitive		the seed					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent seed=Theme

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